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Latest updateDec 1, 2025
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4926)

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Tom McClintock
Introduced
January 3, 2025
Latest action
December 2, 2025
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Under current immigration law, the Department of Homeland Security can deny entry to foreign nationals based on security grounds, including support for designated terrorist organizations. The Immigration and Nationality Act lists specific groups—including the Palestine Liberation Organization—whose members or representatives are inadmissible. However, existing law does not explicitly address individuals who participated in or supported the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel, leaving ambiguity about whether such participation alone triggers automatic inadmissibility or bars relief from removal.
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish explicit grounds for denying entry and immigration benefits to individuals connected to the October 7, 2023 attacks. The Department of Homeland Security must now treat as inadmissible any alien who carried out, participated in, planned, financed, provided material support to, or otherwise facilitated those attacks. The bill also renders such individuals ineligible for any relief under immigration law, including asylum, withholding of removal, and other protective statuses. Additionally, the bill adds Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to the list of organizations whose members are presumptively inadmissible.
Implementation begins immediately upon enactment. The Department of Homeland Security must determine which individuals meet the criteria through existing vetting and investigative processes, with no new funding mechanism specified. Beginning one year after enactment, DHS must report annually to Congress on the number of aliens found inadmissible under this provision and those ordered removed. The change affects immigration proceedings already underway and future applications, potentially blocking asylum claims and other relief for individuals with alleged connections to the attacks, while creating a new category of deportable aliens.
The bill creates a new, explicit immigration bar that closes off asylum and other legal protections for individuals with alleged ties to the October 7, 2023 attacks. It removes discretion from immigration judges and officials by making such individuals categorically ineligible for relief, regardless of circumstances. This narrows the pathways available to foreign nationals seeking entry or legal status in the United States based on their alleged participation in or support for those specific attacks. The annual reporting requirement creates a new data collection obligation for the Department of Homeland Security.
Foreign nationals and asylum seekers with alleged connections to the October 7, 2023 attacks or membership in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad face automatic inadmissibility and removal. Immigration judges and Department of Homeland Security officials must apply the new bar in visa applications, asylum hearings, and removal proceedings. Individuals already in removal proceedings or with pending asylum claims may see their cases affected by the retroactive application of this standard. The Department of Homeland Security must allocate resources to investigate and document connections to the attacks for reporting purposes.
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 176
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 2, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens who
carried out, participated in, planned, financed, supported, or
otherwise facilitated the attacks against Israel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No Immigration Benefits for Hamas
Terrorists Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. ALIENS WHO CARRIED OUT, PARTICIPATED IN, PLANNED, FINANCED,
SUPPORTED, OR OTHERWISE FACILITATED ATTACKS AGAINST
ISRAEL.
(a) Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against Israel.--Section
212(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3))
is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B)(i), in the matter following
subclause (IX)--
(A) by inserting ``Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or
Hamas'' after ``Palestine Liberation Organization'';
and
(B) by inserting ``member,'' after
``representative,''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(H) Participants in hamas terrorism against
israel.--Any alien who carried out, participated in,
planned, financed, afforded material support to, or
otherwise facilitated any of the attacks against Israel
initiated by Hamas beginning on October 7, 2023, is
inadmissible.''.
(b) Ineligibility for Relief.--Section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(D) Ineligibility for relief.--Any alien who
carried out, participated in, planned, financed,
afforded material support to, or otherwise facilitated
any of the attacks against Israel initiated by Hamas
beginning on October 7, 2023, shall be ineligible for
any relief under the immigration laws, including under
this section, section 208, and section 2242 of the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999 (and any regulations issued
pursuant to such section).''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 237(a)(4)(B) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(4)(B)) is amended by striking
``subparagraph (B) or (F)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (B), (F), or
(H)''.
(d) Report Required on Participants in Hamas Terrorism Against
Israel.--Beginning not later than one year after the dat…Auto-Whip
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Angela Alsobrooks
D-Maryland
Alan Armstrong
R-Oklahoma
Tammy Baldwin
D-Wisconsin
Jim Banks
R-Indiana
John Barrasso
R-Wyoming
Michael Bennet
D-Colorado
Marsha Blackburn
R-Tennessee
Richard Blumenthal
D-Connecticut
Lisa Blunt Rochester
D-Delaware
Cory Booker
D-New Jersey
John Boozman
R-Arkansas
Katie Britt
R-Alabama
Ted Budd
R-North Carolina
Maria Cantwell
D-Washington
Shelley Capito
R-West Virginia
Bill Cassidy
R-Louisiana
Susan Collins
R-Maine
Christopher Coons
D-Delaware
John Cornyn
R-Texas
Catherine Cortez Masto
D-Nevada
Tom Cotton
R-Arkansas
Kevin Cramer
R-North Dakota
Mike Crapo
R-Idaho
Ted Cruz
R-Texas
John Curtis
R-Utah
Steve Daines
R-Montana
Tammy Duckworth
D-Illinois
Richard Durbin
D-Illinois
Joni Ernst
R-Iowa
John Fetterman
D-Pennsylvania
Deb Fischer
R-Nebraska
Ruben Gallego
D-Arizona
Kirsten Gillibrand
D-New York
Lindsey Graham
R-South Carolina
Chuck Grassley
R-Iowa
Bill Hagerty
R-Tennessee
Maggie Hassan
D-New Hampshire
Josh Hawley
R-Missouri
Martin Heinrich
D-New Mexico
John Hickenlooper
D-Colorado
Mazie Hirono
D-Hawaii
John Hoeven
R-North Dakota
Jon Husted
R-Ohio
Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-Mississippi
Ron Johnson
R-Wisconsin
James Justice
R-West Virginia
Timothy Kaine
D-Virginia
Mark Kelly
D-Arizona
John Kennedy
R-Louisiana
Andy Kim
D-New Jersey
Angus King
I-Maine
Amy Klobuchar
D-Minnesota
James Lankford
R-Oklahoma
Mike Lee
R-Utah
Ben Luján
D-New Mexico
Cynthia Lummis
R-Wyoming
Edward Markey
D-Massachusetts
Roger Marshall
R-Kansas
Mitch McConnell
R-Kentucky
David McCormick
R-Pennsylvania
Jeff Merkley
D-Oregon
Ashley Moody
R-Florida
Jerry Moran
R-Kansas
Bernie Moreno
R-Ohio
Markwayne Mullin
R-Oklahoma
Lisa Murkowski
R-Alaska
Christopher Murphy
D-Connecticut
Patty Murray
D-Washington
Jon Ossoff
D-Georgia
Alex Padilla
D-California
Rand Paul
R-Kentucky
Gary Peters
D-Michigan
John Reed
D-Rhode Island
Pete Ricketts
R-Nebraska
James Risch
R-Idaho
Jacky Rosen
D-Nevada
Mike Rounds
R-South Dakota
Marco Rubio
R-Florida
Bernie Sanders
I-Vermont
Brian Schatz
D-Hawaii
Adam Schiff
D-California
Eric Schmitt
R-Missouri
Charles Schumer
D-New York
Rick Scott
R-Florida
Tim Scott
R-South Carolina
Jeanne Shaheen
D-New Hampshire
Tim Sheehy
R-Montana
Elissa Slotkin
D-Michigan
Tina Smith
D-Minnesota
Dan Sullivan
R-Alaska
John Thune
R-South Dakota
Thomas Tillis
R-North Carolina
Tommy Tuberville
R-Alabama
Chris Van Hollen
D-Maryland
J. Vance
R-Ohio
Mark Warner
D-Virginia
Raphael Warnock
D-Georgia
Elizabeth Warren
D-Massachusetts
Peter Welch
D-Vermont
Sheldon Whitehouse
D-Rhode Island
Roger Wicker
R-Mississippi
Ron Wyden
D-Oregon
Todd Young
R-Indiana
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